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GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name
6 years after dropping extension, GoDaddy begins selling .cn domain names again. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has started selling China’s .cn domain names again as part of its push into the Asia market. The company stopped selling .cn domain names in 20...
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GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name
6 years after dropping extension, GoDaddy begins selling .cn domain names again. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has started selling China’s .cn domain names again as part of its push into the Asia market. The company stopped selling .cn domain names in 20...
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February 29, 2016, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mining company says it’s acquiring Jade.com for $1.25 million
Domain name is currently owned by Future Media Architects. A Canadian Jade mining company says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jade.com domain name for USD $1.25 million. CDN Jade Mine Resources Inc., a Canadian mining company, said i...
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Mining company says it’s acquiring Jade.com for $1.25 million
Domain name is currently owned by Future Media Architects. A Canadian Jade mining company says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jade.com domain name for USD $1.25 million. CDN Jade Mine Resources Inc., a Canadian mining company, said i...
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February 29, 2016, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Berryhill and Sarid win UDRP for Kosmos.com
French company wanted the .com to go with its .fr domain name. John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name Kosmos.com on behalf of Sahar Sarid’s company Ashanti PLC. Complainant Kosmos SAS is an education technology company that us...
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Berryhill and Sarid win UDRP for Kosmos.com
French company wanted the .com to go with its .fr domain name. John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name Kosmos.com on behalf of Sahar Sarid’s company Ashanti PLC. Complainant Kosmos SAS is an education technology company that us...
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February 26, 2016, 7:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
InterNetX and registries team up for auction during WHD.global
Hosting domains will be auctioned off next month in Germany. Domain name registrar InterNetX and a handful of domain name registries have teamed up for an auction during next month’s WHD.global conference. WHD.global, the huge conference for pe...
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InterNetX and registries team up for auction during WHD.global
Hosting domains will be auctioned off next month in Germany. Domain name registrar InterNetX and a handful of domain name registries have teamed up for an auction during next month’s WHD.global conference. WHD.global, the huge conference for pe...
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February 26, 2016, 6:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Coalitions vs. Communities and new top level domain names
Many groups seeking community status were coalitions, not the entire community. ICANN’s new top level domain name program guidebook afforded communities two ways to get a leg up in acquiring a new top level domain name. First, they could file a...
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Coalitions vs. Communities and new top level domain names
Many groups seeking community status were coalitions, not the entire community. ICANN’s new top level domain name program guidebook afforded communities two ways to get a leg up in acquiring a new top level domain name. First, they could file a...
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February 26, 2016, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
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Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
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February 26, 2016, 12:04 am
Domain Name Wire
BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
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BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
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February 25, 2016, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
2016 Domain Name Wire Survey – Registrars
Why do you use your domain name registrar? Which one is best? This is the 11th year Domain Name Wire has run a survey to get a pulse on the domain name business. And 11 years in, why not change it up a bit? For 2016, the survey will be split into mul...
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2016 Domain Name Wire Survey – Registrars
Why do you use your domain name registrar? Which one is best? This is the 11th year Domain Name Wire has run a survey to get a pulse on the domain name business. And 11 years in, why not change it up a bit? For 2016, the survey will be split into mul...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
More End User Domain Name Sales
Here are some end users that bought domain names over the past week. Finding end user sales at Sedo was a bit tough this week, but not because of a lack of overall sales. Sedo handled another $2 million in domain transactions during the week. The com...
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More End User Domain Name Sales
Here are some end users that bought domain names over the past week. Finding end user sales at Sedo was a bit tough this week, but not because of a lack of overall sales. Sedo handled another $2 million in domain transactions during the week. The com...
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February 25, 2016, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Comes to Austin
Sedo is returning to Austin next month to tell the world about domain names. Domain name marketplace Sedo is partnering up with a bunch of domain name companies to offer music, free food, free booze and free tattoos next month in Austin. Sedo Domain ...
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Sedo Comes to Austin
Sedo is returning to Austin next month to tell the world about domain names. Domain name marketplace Sedo is partnering up with a bunch of domain name companies to offer music, free food, free booze and free tattoos next month in Austin. Sedo Domain ...
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February 24, 2016, 8:42 pm